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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1895

11 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers

Fire Inquiry

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 3

ON Tuesday Mr. A. L. M'Dougall, P.M., coroner, held an inquiry into the cause of the burning of a barn in Clarence-street, the property of G. F. Schonbein. Jury-Messrs…

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Fire at Warby's Hotel. Some Startling Incidents

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 12 March 1895 · page 8

WITHIN a few moments after the discovery of the outbreak the whole of the upper portion of the building appeared to be a mass of flame, shedding a lurid glare far into the…

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[ESTABLISHED 1859.] The Clarence Examiner. Published at Grafton, Tuesdays and Saturdays. Fires and Their Prevention. a Water Supply

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 June 1895 · page 4

THE recent fire, and the almost miraculous escape of a large block of buildings, brings under notice in a marked degree the importance of more efficient measures being…

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The Camp Fire

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 9 July 1895 · page 2

THE stockman's evening meal was o'er, the damper stowed away. And to stretch our weary limbs around the fire we lay…

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Humorous Column. a little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men.—HUDIERAS. Between Two "Fires."

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 23 July 1895 · page 7

WINTER HOPS are now in season. Sample of conversation overheard in a conservatory:— Johnny (who has somehow got both Flo…

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Dwelling Destroyed by Fire

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 31 August 1895 · page 8

ABOUT noon on Wednesday, a fire took place in a weatherboard cottage occupied by Mr. T. Richards, jam manufacturer, Fry-street. It appears that the fire broke out in a back…

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A Series of Fires. Wollongong and Walgett in Flames. Extensive Damage to Property

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 31 August 1895 · page 3

ON Sunday a remarkable series of fires occurred in the country and in and around the suburbs. At Wollongong a fire broke out in Crown-street at about 7 o'clock, and…

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Destructive Bush Fires in the Maitland District

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 September 1895 · page 8

FOR the post few weeks we (Mercury) have had to record numerous instances of grass Ares in and around the Maitland district, the most serious and destructive being that…

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Editorial Echoes. Bush Fires-destruction of Property. Loss of Stock

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 7 September 1895 · page 4

THE destruction caused during the past few weeks by bush fires is heaping up still greater burdens on the owners and occupiers of land for pasture purposes. Especially is…

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Fire Insurance

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 29 October 1895 · page 8

THE question of Fire Insurance having been before the public of Grafton recently in a peculiar form, we append an interesting article upon Fire Insurance from the…

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Our Big Fire. By a Bushwoman in the Australasian

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 November 1895 · page 2

MAX was in the hummock under th climbing jasmine on the verandah, clad in his tennis flannels. He was smoking and reading Trilby when I…

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